Eden and Hen raise children After their fathers' deaths

Oct 7, 2023

Yifat Amiel follows Eden Abergil and Hen Assulin raising children after their partners were killed on October 7. Eden recalls discovering pregnancy after Eliran's shiva, the boy's name chosen together during fertility treatment, and Ari Yehuda's birth, placed by the report nine months after Eliran's death. Hen recalls being eight months pregnant with a 14-month-old daughter when Mivtachim security coordinator Dan went out to fight, and Eliya's birth two months after his death, in the same hospital room as her first delivery. The feature reconstructs Dan's final messages and the Mivtachim defense, and Eliran's fatal Be'eri charge after an RPG hit his police unit; relatives' beliefs about final thoughts remain attributed. It follows childcare, relocation, memorial objects, grief and painful public reactions. Exact birth dates are not supplied.

Kan's retrospective recounts Special Patrol Unit officer Eliran Abergil leaving Eden on October 7 and entering Be'eri with eight other officers in two vehicles. Yifat Amiel says an RPG killed seven officers and wounded Eliran, who charged alone toward a Hamas command-post house where a family sheltered, and was killed. Eden believes he knew he would not survive; that belief and the report's battle details remain attributed. The death precedes discovery of Eden's pregnancy and Ari Yehuda's birth.